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EU election: Surge for Greens, losses for centrist bloc

May 26, 2019 Deutsche Welle

Results have begun coming in across the European Union. Across the bloc, traditional center parties saw their support decline as

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Refugees face violence, abuse on Europe’s new Balkan route

April 16, 2019 Deutsche Welle

It has become increasingly difficult for refugees to make their way from Greece to Central Europe. But in the face

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Why are Serbs protesting against Aleksandar Vucic?

April 13, 2019 Deutsche Welle Serbia

Thousands of protesters from across Serbia gathered in Belgrade for Saturday’s large anti-government rally. A loose coalition of political parties, opposition

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EU leaders offer Brexit delay until October 31: reports

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Deutsche Welle Brexit

Members of the EU offered UK Prime Minister Theresa May to extend the Brexit deadline to October 31, with a review that

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces test in Turkey’s local elections

March 30, 2019 Deutsche Welle Turkey

Almost 17 years ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power, propelled by voters keen to teach

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European Council President Tusk welcomes push for Brexit extension, with a key condition

March 20, 2019 Deutsche Welle Brexit

President of the European Council Donald Tusk said on March 20 that an extension of the Article 50 process is

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Karadzic loses war crimes, genocide appeal

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Deutsche Welle

A United Nations court in The Hague on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic

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CEP study: Germany gains most from euro introduction

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Deutsche Welle euro zone

A new study from the Centre for European Policy in Freiburg has shown Germany to have gained “by far the

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A choice between EU and Russia in bad-movie Moldova vote

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 Deutsche Welle Moldova

The final days of Moldova’s current election campaign seem like a bad movie. On Thursday, Maia Sandu and Andrei Nastase, leaders of

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